Erythrinus

Erythrinus is a genus of relatively small trahiras, freshwater fish from tropical South America.[1]

Erythrinus
Erythrinus erythrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Erythrinus
Scopoli, 1777
Type species
Erythrinus erythrinus
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species

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Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus,[1] but a possibly undescribed species is known from the lower Paraná basin and Iguazu basin.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Erythrinus in FishBase. February 2017 version.
  2. Casciotta, Almirón, Ciotek, Giorgis, Říčan, Piálek, Dragová, Croci, Montes Iwaszkiw, and Puentes (2016). Visibilizando lo invisible. Un relevamiento de la diversidad de peces del Parque Nacional Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina. Historia Natural, Tercera Serie, 6(2): 5—77.


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